Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Measkes | .. | .. | 6 | 9 | 9 | .. | 24 |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | 20 | 10 | 5 | .. | 35 |
Whooping Cough | 3 | .. | 9 | 13 | 24 | .. | 49 |
Croup | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Diarrhœa | 8 | .. | 8 | 25 | 21 | 40 | 102 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 2 | .. | *8 | 11 | 11 | .. | 32 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | .. | 12 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sorethriat or Tonsillitis | .. | .. | 14 | 12 | 49 | .. | 75 |
Mumps | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis and Catarrh | 50 | .. | 319 | 242 | 269 | .. | 973 |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 6 | 8 | 4 | .. | 19 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 9 | .. | 16 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 |
All other Diseases | 64 | 19 | 435 | 487 | 593 | 280 | 1878 |
Total | 130 | 20 | 851 | 839 | 1006 | 413 | 3259 |
*Four of these cases were "Relapsing Fever." |
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.
From January 31st, 1870, to February, 26, 1870.
South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of houses inspected | 147 | 380 | 110 | 637 | |
Drains | Constructed | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Improved or repaired | 21 | 18 | 8 | 47 | |
Traps Fixed | 38 | 21 | 26 | 85 | |
Ceesspools | Abolished | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Water supply furnished | 13 | 11 | 18 | 42 | |
Dust bins | Constructed | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
Repaired and covers adapted | .. | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 19 | 20 | 3 | 42 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | 4 | 6 | .. | 10 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 33 | 13 | 4 | 50 | |
Water supply provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Improve-ments | Houses generally repaired | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed | 31 | 22 | 19 | 72 | |
,, Ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding abated | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | 4 | .. | 5 | |
the Amendments | 31 | .. | 8 | 39 |